Skane

On the night of March 3, 2026, the 'Skåne' requested the medevac of a 61-year-old crew member. The ferry's captain contacted the MRCC in Bremen of the DGzRS, at approximately 1:30 a.m. At that time, the ship was en route from Rostock to Trellebor. The serious medical emergency necessitated the urgent transport of a man to the hospital. The MRCC deployed the lifeboat 'Arkona' from the station Warnemünde and requested additional medical assistance. An emergency physician and two paramedics from the Rostock Fire Department accompanied the sea rescuers. The "Skåne" turned around andy sped towards the lifeboat at full speed. Approximately 4,5 nautical miles off Warnemünde, the emergency physician was transferred from the 'Arkona' onto the ferry via the pilot ladder. After assessing the patient's fitness for transport, the patient was embarked on the lifeboat shortly before 3:00 a.m. The transfer of the patient proceeded smoothly, thanks to very calm seas and a moonlit night. The emergency physician and paramedics attended to the man on board the 'Arkona'. At approximately 3:30 a.m., he was transferred to an ambulance in Rostock for further transport to the hospital. The ferry continued its journey to Trelleborg after the successful medevac.

An international SAR operation in the Baltic Sea has ended without success after a Polish passenger fell overboard from thr ' Skania' near the port of Sassnitz on Dec 28, 2025, while enroute from Ystad to the port of Świnoujście.   The crew issued a ‘man overboard’ alert following a witness report that one of the passengers had ended up in the water. The search operation began at around 4 p.m. and involved emergency services from Poland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.  Poland’s Maritime SAR Service dispatched a helicopter from the coastal town of Darłowo, but it did not reach the search area before the operation was called off. The sea conditions were poor, describing the weather as post-storm. The search was ended at 6:21 p.m. after lasting several hours. Also the ferry 'Polonia', which had been in the vicinity, also took part in the operation. After several hours of delay, the 'Skania' arrived in Świnoujście without the missing passenger. 

On the evening of Aug 13, 2025, the drunken skipper of a sailing yacht allided with the pier in the Rostock seaport. The officer on watch of a cargo ship observed this at around 8:10 p.m. The 54 year old skipper, apparently unfit to drive, subsequently obstructed the approaching 'Skåne' as it turned for the berthing manoever. The Rostock Water Police arrested the skipper and conducted a breathalyzer test ashore. The test resulted in a blood alcohol level of 3.12 per mille. The 54-year-old German citizen subsequently had to submit to a blood sample. The railing on his boat was bent. The Water Police have opened criminal proceedings and are investigating on suspicion of endangering shipping. On the afternoon of Aug 15, the same sailboat, while anchored in the Dierkow Bay was drifting toward the Holz Peninsula. Attentive passersby were able to wake the sleeping skipper by shouting and initially manually secure the approximately 8-meter-long boat to the pier, the breathalyzer test conducted on the man, revealed a blood alcohol level of 1.06 per mille.

Because of a bomb alert, the "Skåne" was cleared in the evening of Feb 1, 2017, in Trelleborg just before the departure to Rostock. The alert later turned out to be unfounded. A box had been found in a cabin of the ferry which could not be assigned to anybody. At the time of the evacuation, 80 passengers and 40 crew members had been on board. Experts from the police had investigated the crate and with a four-hour delay, the ship left Trelleborg with 214 passengers aboard at 2 a.m. The captain was able to make up for two hours, thanks to a speedy ride on his way to Rostock where the ship berthed on Feb 2 at 8 a.m. Swedish report with photos: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/XkX3m/passagerarfarja-evakuerad-efter-larm

In the afternoon of Mar 1, 2012, the "Skåne" was in collision with the Bahamas-flagged cargo m/v "Arklow Spirit“ on the Breitling between Rostock Seaport and Warnemünde. Both ships were damaged, no spills reported, no iunjuries. The ferry was able to resume its voyage to Trelleborg 90 minutes after the accidents after investigations were completed.